real moms {sharing} all things fabulous
Every summer I face the same dilemma. Either use a sunscreen that works but contains yucky, impossible to pronounce, cancer-causing ingredients. Or use something natural but leave my skin (and my kids skin) under-protected and suffer the consequences of sunburn. Generally I just find something in between and go with it, figuring I did the best…
Outside. I can’t get enough of being outside these days. After a very long winter, we are taking advantage of the gorgeous summer weather we are having and playing some yard games. For his birthday this year, my husband asked for a few new outdoor games. I’m sharing our favorite one with you just in…
I love family meals. After long days of work, school and sports, dinnertime if often the only time our family is all together. We can catch up on what everyone is up to, unplug and relax–even if we only have 30 minutes until the next event. I’m pretty good at getting dinner on the table…
All right, Ladies. Let’s chat makeup for a bit, shall we? Here are a few pet peeves I have with my makeup: 1. My skin tone is not the same year-round, so my makeup is not the same year-round. But when I change up my makeup, I leave the rest unused and wasted. 2. I…
Summer is here! With the end of the school year just around the corner, now is the time to get your kids to start helping around the house! I love lazy summer days–going to the pool, playing outside, water balloon fights. But I don’t like the aftermath–which often includes a mad rush to try to…
Food allergies, Celiac disease, gluten-intolerance. These are all things that we are so used to hearing now. But when you’re living with these issues, it can be a challenge to find healthy, tasty and safe food. This month, Love with Food is making it a bit easier to be living with food allergies by partnering…
It’s FINALLY shorts season here in Michigan (at least on occasion) and the first time I slipped on a pair of shorts, I noticed just one thing. My super dry, scaly winter skin! It needed more than just a bit of lotion, so my daughter and I headed to the kitchen to make our own…
It’s backpack time! No, not quite back-to-school, but if your kids are anything like mine, their backpacks are sporting spilled lunches, unidentifiable stains and possibly rips and holes. After being thrown on the bus floor, left in snow piles and tripped over countless times, our backpacks have seen better days. So I’m loving the idea of…
With a ten-year-old daughter and two sons, ages eight and three, there aren’t a whole lot of television shows that appeal to all of my kids. Thankfully Wild Kratts is the exception to that rule. It is quite possibly the only show that each of my kids love. And I love that it’s both entertaining…
It’s no secret I’m a huge fan of the amazing city of Chicago. So when my family headed that way for a few days over spring break, I knew we needed to go back to my favorite downtown attractions–the Shedd Aquarium. Since the Shedd has so many options for everyone in the family, we had…
Summer. Warm weather, relaxing by the pool with a book, sipping a nice cool drink. Sounds delightful, right? But we all know summer with a few kids underfoot isn’t always relaxing (unless, of course, you’ve planned a relaxing kid-free vacation)! But even though I might not be reading in a hammock, summer is still by…
I’ve mentioned before my love of Chicago. It’s a great city, on the water, and a fairly easy drive for a lot of people! We love hitting up museums and zoos, shopping and enjoying great culture. And we also love getting out of downtown for a bit and just having fun! And that’s what Medieval…